The Snapshots in Time Collection

Naval Aviator Flight Log Book Page, FG-1D Corsair Training Flights, August 1949 (Pat McAleer)

Naval Aviator Flight Log Book Page, FG-1D Corsair Training Flights, August 1949 (Pat McAleer)

A page from Naval Aviator Pat McAleer's flight logbook records intensive FG-1D Corsair training in August 1949, including dive bombing, rocket and gunnery exercises, and ferrying flights between Oakland and El Toro. Training like this prepared Corsair pilots for the combat missions they would soon fly after the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. Project: 218062